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Roland O'neil Albertus
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Reasonable Christianity is a weekly podcast where ordinary people have thought-provoking conversations about an extraordinary God. Each week we take a look at the truth claims of Christianity, the teachings of the bible as well as the practices of the saints in order to evaluate and affirm the truthfulness of our faith and ultimately preserve the power of the gospel. Hosted by Roland Albertus

  1. 1d ago

    Is God One Person? The Trinity vs. Oneness Pentecostalism & Modalism (Part 1)

    Does the Bible teach that God is one Person, or one God in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit? In Part 1 of Who Is the One God?, Roland Albertus examines the biblical doctrine of the Trinity alongside Oneness Pentecostalism and Modalism. Before asking whether Trinitarian theology is biblical, we define what Christians actually mean by being, nature, and person, and ask whether “one God in three Persons” is logically contradictory. Working through Deuteronomy 6, John 1, John 14 and John 17, we examine biblical monotheism, the deity of Christ, the relationship between the Father and Son before creation, and the personal distinction of the Holy Spirit. Does “God is one” mean that God is one Person? What does Jesus mean when He speaks of the glory He shared with the Father before the world existed? This episode begins with Scripture and asks a foundational question: Who is the God the Bible actually reveals? Send us Fan Mail Support the show

  2. Sep 28

    HOW FAR SHOULD GOVERNMENT GO? The Limits of State Power, Family and Christian Authority

    How far should government go? Government is necessary. Authority is necessary. Justice must be administered, the vulnerable must be protected, and public order must be maintained. But what happens when government moves beyond its proper authority and begins taking responsibility for things God entrusted to families, communities, and individuals? In Episode 4 of South Africa Unmade, we examine the fourth foundation beneath a nation’s decline: Government Overreach. South Africa provides the case study, but the question is much bigger than South Africa. Across the world, governments are wrestling with questions of welfare, family responsibility, public debt, municipal failure, social provision, individual responsibility, and the proper limits of state power. This episode explores: • The biblical purpose and limits of government • Romans 13 and the authority God gives to rulers • Why the family existed before the state • Municipal collapse and the failure of public institutions • The growing role of the state as provider and enforcer • Social grants, maintenance enforcement, and fatherhood • The relationship between government, family and personal responsibility • What happens when the state begins defining areas beyond its proper authority • Why Christian political thought must begin with the sovereignty of God The question is not whether government should exist or whether government should ever intervene. The deeper question is whether government understands the limits of the authority it has been given. This episode is part of the South Africa Unmade podcast series, based on the book South Africa Unmade: The Foundations Beneath a Nation’s Decline by Roland O’Neil Albertus. The book goes deeper into the historical, political, economic and theological foundations examined throughout this series. The truth matters. And so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

  3. Sep 21

    MY BROTHER'S KEEPER | When Need Becomes Entitlement and Grievance Becomes Politics

    Am I my brother's keeper? The oldest question in the Bible explains why grievance becomes politics. When need becomes entitlement and grievance becomes politics, someone always steps forward to name the debtor. In this episode of South Africa Unmade, Roland Albertus opens the question beneath South Africa's politics of dependency, resentment and fatherlessness: how is a human being formed? We begin in Genesis 4, with Cain's anger, God's command to rule over it, and the answer every politics of grievance has given since. Then we test that pattern against what has happened in South Africa: an emergency grant meant to last six months, now in its sixth year; a Durban school at the centre of a claim that ran ahead of the enrolment figures; and the empty chair in the home, where a child first learns what responsibility means. This episode is not an argument against helping the poor. It is an argument about what happens when relief never becomes mobility, and about what the gospel says to the ledger every one of us keeps. THE BOOK This episode draws on Part III of South Africa Unmade: A Christian Diagnosis of Post-Apartheid Governance and National Decline, releasing 29 September. Its three chapters are The Economics of Dependency, Resentment as Politics, and Fatherlessness and the Collapse of Moral Formation. https://www.takealot.com/south-africa-unmade/PLID103345265 NEXT EPISODE Leviathan: the state that grows beyond its bounds, municipal collapse, and a government reaching into the home. BUILD THE WORK WITH US Reasonable Christianity is sustained by people who choose to build this work together through Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/cw/ReasonableChristianity ABOUT REASONABLE CHRISTIANITY Reasonable Christianity is a South African non-profit that helps believers think clearly, love deeply and defend the faith once for all delivered to the saints. Because the truth matters. And so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

  4. Sep 14

    WHEN THE STATE BECOMES GOD | The Danger of Putting Our Hope in the State

    What happens when government becomes more than an instrument of justice and begins to become the answer to our deepest social problems? In Episode 2 of South Africa Unmade, Roland O’Neil Albertus examines the rise of the state as an instrument of transformation in South Africa, from the political philosophy behind cadre deployment to institutional capture and the crisis within state-owned enterprises such as Eskom and Transnet. But beneath the politics is a deeper question: where have we placed our trust? The Bible gives government a legitimate and necessary role in society. Romans 13 teaches that governing authority exists under God and is accountable to Him. Scripture also repeatedly warns us against placing our ultimate confidence in human rulers. When government is given responsibilities and expectations that exceed its proper purpose, political power can become increasingly difficult to limit. Through South Africa’s experience, we explore the relationship between political power, government, state capture, cadre deployment, state ownership, institutional accountability and Christian theology. We also consider the wider question for Christians in other nations, including America: what happens when we begin looking to the state as our provider, protector and source of flourishing? This is not a call to political withdrawal. It is a call to put government in its proper place. Government can serve the good of a people. It cannot become the source of their ultimate good. South Africa Unmade is a five-part podcast series exploring the foundations beneath South Africa’s decline and the deeper ideas, beliefs and structures that helped shape the nation we inhabit today. 📖 South Africa Unmade — available on Takealot 🎙️ Subscribe to Reasonable Christianity for more episodes exploring Christianity, culture, politics, history and the ideas shaping our world. The Truth Matters. And so do You. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

  5. Sep 7

    WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO RULE? Authority, Government and the Christian Answer

    What makes authority legitimate? Who gave you the right to rule? South Africa’s political problems are often discussed in terms of leaders, parties, policies and institutions. But beneath all of these questions lies a deeper one: where does legitimate authority come from, and to whom does it answer? In this episode of Reasonable Christianity, Roland O’Neil Albertus examines the foundations of authority through South Africa’s history, the development of traditional authority, the rise of constitutional democracy, and the political ideas that have shaped the country. Then we turn to Scripture. Through 1 Samuel 8, Romans 13 and Luke 10, we examine what the Bible teaches about human authority, its limits, its purpose and its accountability before God. This episode introduces the central argument of South Africa Unmade: a nation’s political problems cannot be understood simply by asking who holds power. We must first ask what makes that power legitimate. And once we ask that question, we discover that authority ultimately answers to someone greater than ourselves. South Africa Unmade is available in South Africa via Takealot and will be available worldwide from 29 September 2026. Reasonable Christianity The Truth matters and so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

  6. Sep 2

    SOUTH AFRICA UNMADE: Why I wrote this book

    WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK In 1995, I was a child watching South Africa believe that something beautiful was possible. Years later, my own experience of university, bureaucracy, disappointment and interrupted opportunity forced me to ask a harder question: What happened to us? That question eventually became an investigation—not simply into what is going wrong in South Africa, but into why the same failures keep returning. In this Prelude to South Africa Unmade, I share the personal journey that led me to write the book, introduce the four foundations at the heart of its argument, and explain why I believe Christians must think seriously about authority, justice, responsibility, human nature and the limits of government. This is not a partisan manifesto. It is an invitation to examine the foundations beneath the symptoms. The book is coming 29 September 2026. But before we ask how South Africa can be rebuilt, we need to ask a more fundamental question: Who gave you the right to rule? Welcome to South Africa Unmade. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

  7. Aug 24

    When a Pastor Falls, Is He Finished? The Biblical Answer Nobody's Giving

    When a pastor falls, is he finished? Most people answer that question with either total leniency or total condemnation. Scripture does neither. Two reflexes dominate the way Christians respond when a leader falls into public sin. One says the failure changes nothing: a brief disappearance, a well-timed comeback, no real accountability. The other says it changes everything: one fall, and the door is bolted forever. Both are wrong, and both are shaping how the church treats its wounded shepherds right now. In this episode of Hard Questions, Faithfully Answered, Roland Albertus goes back to a question almost no one asks before arguing about restoration: what actually is the assembly of God's people? Not a stage. Not a corporation. A household, a family gathered from families, its elders drawn from among proven fathers. And once you see that, the whole question changes. You'll hear: Why "above reproach" was never a claim to sinlessness, and what it actually means in the GreekThe one word Paul uses that separates a man who must be permanently removed from a man who can be restoredA direct, respectful engagement with Justin Peters' widely-heard case for permanent disqualification, using his own wordsWhy a father who fails his family is never simply erased from it, and what that means for a fallen shepherdWhat real restoration costs, and why it is neither quick nor cheapThis is honest theology for the wounded and the watching. No easy comebacks. No permanent exile. Just the Word of God brought to bear on one of the hardest questions the church keeps getting wrong. New episodes weekly. If this served you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs it. 📖 Roland's forthcoming book, South Africa Unmade, releases 29 September. Patreon partners receive it first, along with resources to help you know God intimately, love Him passionately, and serve Him faithfully. Link in show notes. Because the truth matters. And so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

  8. Aug 17

    Is Divorce a Sin? A Biblical Guide to Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage

    Is divorce a sin? The answer is not as simple as either side wants it to be. One man kept his marriage vow and lost his marriage anyway. Another married in disobedience and welcomed the divorce he should have grieved. Same word. Two completely different stories. So which one is sin, and what does God actually require of the person left standing in the wreckage? In this episode of Hard Questions, Faithfully Answered, Roland Albertus refuses the two easy answers our culture keeps shouting: that divorce is always permitted, and that divorce is never permitted. Scripture is more honest, and more merciful, than both. We take three questions the church too often collapses into one: Is divorce ever biblical? What Jesus actually said in Matthew 19, and the two grounds Scripture genuinely recognizesIf I am divorced, can I remarry? The three positions faithful, Bible-believing Christians hold, laid out honestly instead of hiddenWhat does faithfulness look like now? Real pastoral counsel for the deserted, the guilty, and everyone whose story is messier than a clean categoryBut before any of that, we go back to what marriage even is, and uncover something that will change the way you read the entire New Testament: the ancient two-stage Jewish betrothal, the price paid in blood, the gifts given, the Bridegroom gone to "prepare a place," and a servant sent with treasures for a bride who had not yet seen her groom's face. Marriage was never merely human. It is the shadow of the greatest reality in the universe. And it ends with a warning our generation needs: "What God has joined, let no man separate," a word not only to spouses, but to a state now reaching past its bounds to redefine marriage and the family itself. No sugarcoating. No easy formulas. Just the Word of God brought to bear on one of the hardest questions a believer can face. New episodes weekly. If this served you, follow the show and share it with someone who needs it. 📖 Roland's forthcoming book, South Africa Unmade, releases 29 September. Patreon partners receive it first, along with resources to help you know God intimately, love Him passionately, and serve Him faithfully.  Link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/ReasonableChristianity/membership Because the truth matters. And so do you. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

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Reasonable Christianity is a weekly podcast where ordinary people have thought-provoking conversations about an extraordinary God. Each week we take a look at the truth claims of Christianity, the teachings of the bible as well as the practices of the saints in order to evaluate and affirm the truthfulness of our faith and ultimately preserve the power of the gospel. Hosted by Roland Albertus

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  • Creator
    Roland O'neil Albertus
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    109
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